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S/LB Tyler Moeller (official thread)

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Etienne Sabino

With TM out for the season, is there any chance that Etienne Sabino gets some playing time? I know it was mentioned in an earlier post that Sabino was redshirting this season (baring any injuries). Well, now tOSU defense has taken a major hit. Also, all the starting OSU LB's are on the small side. At 6' 3" and 240lbs... it seems that Babino would bring some much needed size to the LBs.

With that said, I wish Tyler a speedy recovery and a 6th yr at tOSU!

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socalOSUfan said:
With TM out for the season, is there any chance that Etienne Sabino gets some playing time? I know it was mentioned in an earlier post that Sabino was redshirting this season (baring any injuries). Well, now tOSU defense has taken a major hit. Also, all the starting OSU LB's are on the small side. At 6' 3" and 240lbs... it seems that Babino would bring some much needed size to the LBs.

With that said, I wish Tyler a speedy recovery and a 6th yr at tOSU!

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I think what you are getting at is that he Sabino was getting reps at the star in preseason due to his athleticism.

Either way I think it is doubtful.
 
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Sabino and Moeller play different positions, don't think this will impact Sabino's redshirt but I couldn't say for sure. Just seems like Moeller is a DB/LB hybrid where Sabino has always been talked about as a DE/LB hybrid type of player. Knocking on wood but barring the kind of injuries we've had in the secondary happening at LB I'd bet on Sabino redshirting.

In any case I'm really hoping Moeller gets that 6th year. He was wrecking people this year and if anybody rates a medical exemption it should be him considering what he's been through.
 
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Anyone with medical experience know if how long the recovery is for surgury of a torn pectoral? I am thinking Tyler would have gotten the 6th year anyway due to the hardship he suffered with his head injury. Assuming that, I'm wondering if there's any chance of a bowl game return. If the Bucks are fortunate enough to go through the regular season undefeated, I am now envisioning the real possibility of a Duck re-match, for which Tyler would really be helpful.

Go Bucks
 
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briegg;1788313; said:
Anyone with medical experience know if how long the recovery is for surgury of a torn pectoral? I am thinking Tyler would have gotten the 6th year anyway due to the hardship he suffered with his head injury. Assuming that, I'm wondering if there's any chance of a bowl game return. If the Bucks are fortunate enough to go through the regular season undefeated, I am now envisioning the real possibility of a Duck re-match, for which Tyler would really be helpful.

Go Bucks
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Based on what JT said this week about being able to start the paperwork for the medical hardship waiver since he's definitely out for the rest of the season, I don't see a bowl game return as a possibility.
 
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Article published October 13, 2010
Bad luck can?t keep Ohio State?s Moeller down
By MATT MARKEY
BLADE SPORTS WRITER

COLUMBUS ? There are not many college athletes who can have a large muscle in their chest torn in half while in the heat of battle, fold over in pain, be told their football season is over before it reaches the halfway point, then remain philosophical and pragmatic about the whole ordeal.

Such is the unusual perspective of Tyler Moeller.

?I?ve been through worse,? Moeller said after learning that the injury he recently suffered against Illinois would bring down the curtain on his 2010 season.

The Ohio State defensive back missed all of the 2009 season after an assault in a sports bar in Florida put his life in jeopardy. He needed emergency surgery on his skull to relieve the pressure on his brain, and then he went through a protracted rehab process to get back on the football field by the following spring.

After working so long to recover and play again, a second major injury has repossessed his helmet and shoulder pads and sent him back to the operating room. But rather than engage in a soulful rendition of ?woe is me,? Moeller comes out of all this sounding like Mahatma Gandhi.

?You can?t look at life like that, with all the negative things about you, or they?ll keep happening,? Moeller said before facing the surgeon?s knife late last week. ?I?m taking advantage of the situation and keeping my head up. Things happen, and you have to look at the bright side and just get through it.?
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http://toledoblade.com/article/20101013/SPORTS16/101019918/-1/SPORTS09
 
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After the Wisky game, I can't help but think about how much Ty meant to this D. Granted, OSU didn't play much nickel in that game, but they had some success against the running game by bringing Hines from the edge to take away a cut-back and try to grab an ankle. If Ty were available, they could have used him for run support, and left Hines in coverage, instead of OJ. His versatility and ability to cover a lot of space freed up the rest of the D. I can't say that Ty would have made the difference in the Wisky game, but he's certainly shown the ability to make game changing plays. He'll be a key piece of next year's D.
 
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Ohio State defensive back Tyler Moeller optimistic about getting another year of eligibility
Published: Saturday, November 06, 2010
Doug Lesmerises, The Plain Dealer

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Marvin Fong / The Plain Dealer
Ohio State defensive back Tyler Moeller was off to a great start this season before suffering a season-ending injury at Illinois. Moeller is appealing to the NCAA for one more year of eligibility and it appears he has a good chance to be back with OSU next fall.

Columbus -- Tyler Moeller's football future is out of his hands, and the Ohio State defense should want Moeller back next season just as badly as he wants to play.

After redshirting his first year in Columbus, missing all of last season with a head injury suffered when he was assaulted in a restaurant and then seeing this season ended in the fifth game by a torn pectoral muscle, Moeller will ask the NCAA for a sixth year of eligibility.

"Hopefully they'll see it in their heart to give me another [redshirt year] but some people think differently, and if they don't, I'll understand," Moeller said days after his season-ending injury against Illinois. "But hopefully they'll give me that."
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So what are his chances? The NCAA doesn't comment on specific situations, but Moeller's admitted optimism seems well-placed. Answering questions through email, NCAA spokeswoman Stacey Osburn said cases on eligibility extensions are heard by the office's student-athlete reinstatement staff based on rules established by the Committee on Student-Athlete Reinstatement. So it's not just a rubber stamp. The staff handles about 2,000 eligibility cases a year in all sports, though many of them are related to other issues, not just to gaining a sixth year.

Judging by past cases, what the NCAA staff doesn't appear to have as much sympathy for is redshirting early in your career and then suffering an injury that costs you just one more season. If Moeller had played all of this year, and then applied for an extra year because he sat out in 2006 and then was hurt for 2009, his case wouldn't have been as strong.

But missing two years with injuries is almost a slam dunk case for a sixth year. Moeller's complicating factor is that for football players, the current limit for a medical redshirt is playing more than four games. Moeller was injured in the opening minutes of the fifth game. Considering all the extenuating circumstances, it's hard to imagine him being rejected when the overall intention of the rule is to allow a player to get on the field for four seasons. He's been out there for fewer than 21/2 seasons.
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http://www.cleveland.com/osu/index.ssf/2010/11/post_26.html
 
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